"to enter the games and is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts when she's pitted against highly trained tributes. Along with fellow District 12 victor Peeta Mellark, Katniss Everdeen returns home safely after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games. Winning means that they must leave their loved ones behind and embark on a Victory Tour throughout the districts. Along the way Katniss senses a rebellion simmering - one that she and Peeta may have sparked - but the Capitol is still in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Hunger Games - the Quarter Quell - that could change"
"Katniss Everdeen Katniss Everdeen is a fictional character and the protagonist of ""The Hunger Games"" trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Her name comes from a plant with edible tubers called ""Sagittaria"" (katniss), from Sagittarius the Archer, whose name means ""He that throws arrows"" in Latin. She is portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence in the film adaptations ""The Hunger Games"", """", """", and """". Katniss and her family come from District 12, a coal-mining district that is the poorest and least populated district in the dystopian fictional autocratic nation of Panem. In the course of the first book, ""The Hunger Games"", Katniss volunteers"
"wrote in the book"" and that she had ""every essential quality necessary to play Katniss."" Katniss Everdeen Katniss Everdeen is a fictional character and the protagonist of ""The Hunger Games"" trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Her name comes from a plant with edible tubers called ""Sagittaria"" (katniss), from Sagittarius the Archer, whose name means ""He that throws arrows"" in Latin. She is portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence in the film adaptations ""The Hunger Games"", """", """", and """". Katniss and her family come from District 12, a coal-mining district that is the poorest and least populated district in the dystopian fictional autocratic"
"The Hunger Games (film) The Hunger Games is a 2012 American science fiction-adventure film directed by Gary Ross and based on Suzanne Collins’ 2008 novel of the same name. It is the first installment in ""The Hunger Games"" film series and was produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik, with a screenplay by Ross, Collins, and Billy Ray. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, and Donald Sutherland. The story takes place in a dystopian post-apocalyptic future in the nation of Panem, where a boy and a girl from each"
"Peeta Mellark Peeta Mellark is a fictional character from ""The Hunger Games"" trilogy by Suzanne Collins. He is portrayed by actor Josh Hutcherson in ""The Hunger Games"" film series. Peeta is the male tribute representing District 12 in the 74th annual Hunger Games, alongside female tribute Katniss Everdeen (portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence). Together, they defy the rule that the Games must have one victor, unintentionally inciting a rebellion against the authoritarian government of Panem. Peeta is first introduced at the reaping for the 74th Hunger Games, when he is selected as the male tribute representing District 12 alongside female tribute"
"""Hunger Games"" books were printed in North America alone. ""The Hunger Games"" was on ""The New York Times"" Best Seller list for more than 60 weeks in a row. Lions Gate Entertainment acquired worldwide distribution rights to a film adaptation of ""The Hunger Games"", produced by Nina Jacobson's Color Force production company. Collins adapted the novel for film herself. Directed by Gary Ross, filming began in late spring 2011, with Jennifer Lawrence portraying main character Katniss Everdeen. Josh Hutcherson played Peeta Mellark and Liam Hemsworth played Gale Hawthorne. The subsequent two novels were adapted into films as well, with the"
"said she was bisexual and pansexual. In June 2018, in an interview with ""Wonderland"" magazine, she came out as gay. Stenberg is dating singer King Princess. In a July 2017 interview Stenberg stated that she had stopped using a smartphone due to its effects on mental health, and took a long break from it. Amandla Stenberg Amandla Stenberg (born October 23, 1998) is an American actress. She portrayed Rue in ""The Hunger Games""; Madeline Whittier in ""Everything, Everything""; and Starr Carter in ""The Hate U Give"" (2018). Stenberg was born in Los Angeles, California, the child of Karen Brailsford, an"
"Isabel. Suzanne Collins Suzanne Collins (born August 10, 1962) is an American television writer and author, best known as the author of ""The New York Times"" best selling series ""The Underland Chronicles"" and ""The Hunger Games"" trilogy (which consists of ""The Hunger Games"", ""Catching Fire"", and ""Mockingjay""). Suzanne Collins was born on August 10, 1962, in Hartford, Connecticut to Jane Brady Collins (born 1932) and Lt. Col. Michael John Collins (1931–2003), a U.S. Air Force officer who served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bronze Star. She is the youngest"
"the coolness category"". On March 23, 2011, Lionsgate began casting the role of Peeta for the film of ""The Hunger Games"". According to ""The Hollywood Reporter"", contenders for the role included Josh Hutcherson, Alexander Ludwig (later cast as Cato), Hunter Parrish, Lucas Till, and Evan Peters. On April 4, 2011, Lionsgate announced that Hutcherson would play the role. Peeta Mellark Peeta Mellark is a fictional character from ""The Hunger Games"" trilogy by Suzanne Collins. He is portrayed by actor Josh Hutcherson in ""The Hunger Games"" film series. Peeta is the male tribute representing District 12 in the 74th annual Hunger"
"Latarsha Rose Latarsha Rose is an American film and television actress, best known for her role as Portia in the 2012 film ""The Hunger Games"". Rose is from Brooklyn, New York and attended Georgetown University. From the University, she performed in Theater productions for several years, before being chosen to be a part of Bravo TV’s ""The It Factor"", a show which followed her and eleven other hopefuls as they ""tried to make it in the entertainment business"". Rose had roles in shows such episodic series as ""Law & Order"", """", ""Bones"", """", ""All My Children"", and ""The Cape"", as"
"Latarsha Rose Latarsha Rose is an American film and television actress, best known for her role as Portia in the 2012 film ""The Hunger Games"". Rose is from Brooklyn, New York and attended Georgetown University. From the University, she performed in Theater productions for several years, before being chosen to be a part of Bravo TV’s ""The It Factor"", a show which followed her and eleven other hopefuls as they ""tried to make it in the entertainment business"". Rose had roles in shows such episodic series as ""Law & Order"", """", ""Bones"", """", ""All My Children"", and ""The Cape"", as"
"Suzanne Collins Suzanne Collins (born August 10, 1962) is an American television writer and author, best known as the author of ""The New York Times"" best selling series ""The Underland Chronicles"" and ""The Hunger Games"" trilogy (which consists of ""The Hunger Games"", ""Catching Fire"", and ""Mockingjay""). Suzanne Collins was born on August 10, 1962, in Hartford, Connecticut to Jane Brady Collins (born 1932) and Lt. Col. Michael John Collins (1931–2003), a U.S. Air Force officer who served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bronze Star. She is the youngest of"
"Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and was involved in a rendition of Rachel Platten's single ""Fight Song"" with other celebrities at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Elizabeth Banks Elizabeth Irene Banks (née Mitchell; born February 10, 1974) is an American actress, director, model and producer. She is known for her starring role as Effie Trinket in ""The Hunger Games"" film series (2012–15) and as Gail Abernathy-McKadden in the ""Pitch Perfect"" film series (2012–17). She made her directorial debut with ""Pitch Perfect 2"" (2014), whose $69 million opening-weekend gross set a record for a first-time director. Banks made her film debut in"
"Amandla Stenberg Amandla Stenberg (born October 23, 1998) is an American actress. She portrayed Rue in ""The Hunger Games""; Madeline Whittier in ""Everything, Everything""; and Starr Carter in ""The Hate U Give"" (2018). Stenberg was born in Los Angeles, California, the child of Karen Brailsford, an African-American spiritual counselor and writer, and Tom Stenberg, who is Danish. Her paternal grandmother had Greenlandic Inuit ancestry. Stenberg has two older half-sisters on her father's side. Her first name means ""power"" or ""strength"" in the South African languages of IsiXhosa and Zulu. At the age of four, Stenberg started doing catalog modeling shoots"
"best if he is dead..."" Katniss, her sister Prim, and her friends Finnick Odair and Gale Hawthorne all reluctantly adjust to a highly structured life in the underground District 13, which has been spearheading the rebellion in Panem. Feeling manipulated, Katniss eventually agrees to act as ""the Mockingjay"" — the symbol of the rebellion — but only on the condition that District 13's President Alma Coin grant immunity to all of the surviving Hunger Games tributes, including Katniss's friend Peeta Mellark and Finnick's lover Annie Cresta. Coin, however, insists on flipping for Katniss's other major demand - the right to"
"place) despite receiving consistently high scores from the judges throughout the season. Willow Shields Willow Shields (born June 1, 2000) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Primrose Everdeen in ""The Hunger Games"" film series. Willow Shields was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the daughter of Carrie and Rob Shields, an art teacher. She has a fraternal twin sister, and an older brother, both of whom are also actors. Shields' first job was in 2008 narrating the short film ""Las Vegas New Mexico 1875"". She portrayed Lisa Rogan a.k.a. Lisa Royal in a 2009 episode"
"Elizabeth Banks Elizabeth Irene Banks (née Mitchell; born February 10, 1974) is an American actress, director, model and producer. She is known for her starring role as Effie Trinket in ""The Hunger Games"" film series (2012–15) and as Gail Abernathy-McKadden in the ""Pitch Perfect"" film series (2012–17). She made her directorial debut with ""Pitch Perfect 2"" (2014), whose $69 million opening-weekend gross set a record for a first-time director. Banks made her film debut in the low-budget independent film ""Surrender Dorothy"" (1998). She starred in the films ""Wet Hot American Summer"" (2001), Sam Raimi's ""Spider-Man"" trilogy (2002–2007), ""Seabiscuit"" (2003), ""The"
"Stefania Barr Stefania Noelle Barr (born December 4, 1994) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, composer, and lead vocalist of indie-alternative rock band ""Shrink the Giant"". She is perhaps best known for her role as Maysilee Donner in ""The Hunger Games: Second Quarter Quell."" Barr started her acting career in 2003 (age 7) with Disney Channel Original Movie ""Right On Track"". She was praised for her work ethic and maturity on set. Producer Jason Nacey of ""The Doorstep"" stated that she “stuck out like a sore thumb”, among other actors her age, after booking the lead role as a walk-in"
"Dayo Okeniyi Oladayo A. ""Dayo"" Okeniyi (born June 14, 1988) is a Nigerian American actor, popularly known for playing the role of Thresh in ""The Hunger Games"" and Danny Dyson in ""Terminator Genisys"". Dayo was born in Jos and grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, and has four siblings. His father is a retired customs officer from Nigeria, and his mother is a literature teacher from Kenya. In 2003, he moved with his family to Indiana, United States, from Nigeria and later moved to California. He earned a bachelor's degree in visual communications at Anderson University (Indiana) in 2009. Prior to"
"known as the ""Hunger Games"" for which each district is compelled to provide one male and one female ""tribute"" between the ages of 12 and 18, chosen by lottery. The twenty-four tributes are sent to an arena and forced to fight to the death, until a single victor remains. Panem has been led for more than 25 years by President Coriolanus Snow. In ""Mockingjay"", it is revealed that District 13's population was not wiped out, but retreated underground and is currently led by Snow's political rival, President Alma Coin. After the 75th and final Hunger Games, Coin leads a second"
"the sixth season, but left at the end. In February, 2012 Ascencio joined the cast of Don't Tell My Mother! (Live Storytelling), a monthly showcase in which celebrities share comedic accounts of stories they would never want their mothers to know. Ascencio appeared in ""The Hunger Games"" (2012), as Flavius, a part of Katniss Everdeen's (Jennifer Lawrence) prep team. He reprised his role in the sequel """" (2013). Nelson Ascencio Nelson Ascencio (born August 30, 1964) is a Cuban-American actor and comedian. Ascencio is most notable for his membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series ""MADtv"""
"plant can be eaten, as Katniss does in the book. Her father once said: ""As long as you can find yourself, you'll never starve."" The plant also shares its name with a constellation in the Zodiac called Sagittarius, or ""The Archer"", which may also reference Katniss's skills in archery. Her last name comes from Bathsheba Everdene, the central female character in ""Far from the Madding Crowd"" by Thomas Hardy. According to Collins, ""The two are very different, but both struggle with knowing their hearts"". ""The Hunger Games"" takes place in the ruins of North America: a country called Panem (in"
"based on the last book ""Mockingjay"". """" was released November 21, 2014, and """" was released November 20, 2015. Lawrence, Hutcherson, Hemsworth, and Harrelson were all signed on to the whole franchise. The Hunger Games (film) The Hunger Games is a 2012 American science fiction-adventure film directed by Gary Ross and based on Suzanne Collins’ 2008 novel of the same name. It is the first installment in ""The Hunger Games"" film series and was produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik, with a screenplay by Ross, Collins, and Billy Ray. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody"
"Sam Claflin Samuel George Claflin (born 27 June 1986) is an English actor. He is known for portraying Finnick Odair in ""The Hunger Games"" film series, Philip Swift in """", and Will Traynor in ""Me Before You"". Sam Claflin was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, the third boy of a family of four boys for Mark, a finance officer, and Sue Claflin, a classroom assistant. He has two older brothers, Benjamin and Daniel, and a younger brother, Joseph (born 1989), who is also an actor. He grew up in Norwich, Norfolk. As a child, he had an interest in football. He"
"February 2016. In 2017, he starred as Jordan Welch in the horror comedy film ""Tragedy Girls"", which was released in theaters on October 20, 2017. On March 6, 2018, ""Deadline"" announced that Quaid was cast in the lead role of the Amazon drama series, ""The Boys"". He will star in the role of Hughie. Quaid resides in Los Angeles, California. He attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts for three years. Jack Quaid Jack Henry Quaid (born April 24, 1992) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Marvel in the 2012 science fiction film ""The Hunger Games""."
"Jack Quaid Jack Henry Quaid (born April 24, 1992) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Marvel in the 2012 science fiction film ""The Hunger Games"". Quaid was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actors Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid. In 2012, Quaid made his film debut as Marvel in the film ""The Hunger Games"". In an interview, Quaid explained how he auditioned for the role: ""We had torrential downpours, flooding, scorching heat and then a bear would wander onto the set. But it was an amazing bonding experience. We definitely all had a great"
"the rebels. ""Mockingjay"", the third and final book in ""The Hunger Games"" series, was released on August 24, 2010. Most of the districts have rebelled against the Capitol, led by District 13 and its President Alma Coin. The Capitol lied about the district being destroyed in the Dark Days. After a Mexican standoff with the Capitol, the District 13 residents took to living underground and rebuilding their strength. The District 12 survivors find shelter with them. Katniss, after seeing first-hand the destruction wrought on her district, agrees to become the ""Mockingjay"", the symbol of the rebellion. She sets conditions, however."
"Nelson Ascencio Nelson Ascencio (born August 30, 1964) is a Cuban-American actor and comedian. Ascencio is most notable for his membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series ""MADtv"" and for playing Flavius in ""The Hunger Games"" film series. Nelson Ascencio was born in Guayos, Cuba but fled his homeland when he was very young. He then immigrated to Tarrytown, NY, where he started acting in his early teens with local theater and school productions. He continued his acting training after high school at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the HB Studios. While living"
"'which was turn me into someone else.'"" Brownstein is adapting her memoir into a half-hour television pilot, entitled ""Search and Destroy"", for streaming service Hulu. She is set to write, direct, and executive produce alongside Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle, and Ali Krug. The pilot is being produced by Annapurna Pictures. On March 8, 2018, it was announced that Taylor Dearden and Aubrey Peeples had been cast in the show's lead roles. On May 18, 2018, it was reported that Brad Morris, Leah Harvey, Jessica Hecht, and Imogen Tear had joined the main cast. Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl Hunger"
"being cast in ""The Hunger Games"", Okeniyi worked in local theatre and in film shorts. Okeniyi starred 2014 in the drama film ""Endless Love"", also portrayed Danny Dyson in the 2015 film ""Terminator Genisys"" and starred in the NBC series ""Shades of Blue"". Dayo Okeniyi Oladayo A. ""Dayo"" Okeniyi (born June 14, 1988) is a Nigerian American actor, popularly known for playing the role of Thresh in ""The Hunger Games"" and Danny Dyson in ""Terminator Genisys"". Dayo was born in Jos and grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, and has four siblings. His father is a retired customs officer from Nigeria,"
"to the Center of the Earth"" (2008), and ""The Kids Are All Right"" (2010). In 2011, he landed the leading role of Peeta Mellark in the box office record-setting film series ""The Hunger Games"", released annually from 2012 to 2015, for which he won three MTV Movie Awards and a People's Choice Award. During the same period he also played a lead role in """" (2012) and a voice role in the animated film ""Epic"" (2013). Throughout his career, Hutcherson has expressed an interest in directing and producing. He has served as an executive producer in ""Detention"" (2011), ""The Forger"""
"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is a 2014 American dystopian science fiction adventure film directed by Francis Lawrence with a screenplay by Peter Craig and Danny Strong. It is the first of two films based on Suzanne Collins' novel "" Mockingjay"", the final book in ""The Hunger Games"" trilogy, and the third installment in ""The Hunger Games"" film series, produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik and distributed by Lionsgate. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Philip"
"Omid Abtahi Omid Abtahi (born 12 July 1979) is an Iranian-born American actor. He is best known for his roles as Salim in Showtime's ""Sleeper Cell"" and that of Homes in the final installment of ""The Hunger Games"" film series, """". Abtahi was born in Tehran, Iran. At the age of 5 he moved to Paris with his family and later they moved to the United States, finally moving to Irvine, Orange County, California when he was 10. Abtahi graduated from University High School in Irvine and attended California State University, Fullerton. He began studying advertising then he picked up"